Association of Women in Public Health

Sunday Journal Club Brunch

[ JC1 Article 1 ] [ JC1 Article 2 ] [ Mbeki Article ] [ Violence/Marriage ]

1.  Catherine MacKinnon's "Towards a feminist theory of the state",  chapter on rape. On the web at Towards a feminist theory of state.pdf

2.  Sexual violence within marriage by  Khan, M. E., John Townsend, Ranjana Sinha and Seema Lakhanpal

3.  South African rape victims fight HIV, a BBC article about a well-known South African activist Charlene Smith. On the web at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/545305.stm

4.  Mbeki in hot water over rape claims, HIV/AIDS

        10.30am

        Natasha's Home

        Articles

1.   HIV/AIDS Among US Women: Minority and Young Women at Continuing Risk

2.  Women, the HIV Epidemic and Human Rights: A Tragic Imperative

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Transcending Boundaries: EnGendering Human Security

This conference provided graduate students with the opportunity to present their work on issues pertaining to human security through presentations of academic papers, panel discussions, and posters.  The panels will include: Weapons and the Destruction of the Masses;  Gearing Up for the Epidemic: HIV/AIDS Awareness Programming and Women’s Vulnerability Factors; Sustaining Life: Human Rights and Natural Resource; The Once and Future Plague: Africa’s HIV/AIDS Social Epidemic; A Call to Peace: Global Intervention in Conflict and Genocide; Laws of the Lands: Fostering Gender Equality Amid Cultural Diversity; New World Slavery: Child Labor and Human Trafficking; Female Status in a Changing World; and Managing Violence and Conflict Through Civil Participation.

The keynote speaker was Theresa Loar, Interim Director of the Tahirih Justice Center , an organization that addresses the acute need for legal services of immigrant and refugee women who have fled to the U.S. to seek protection from human rights abuses.  She has worked on issues relating to human security as a principal advisor to First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on international women's issues, and as a Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues at the Department of State.  She developed the U.S. government campaign to combat trafficking in women and children and has served overseas in diplomatic posts in Mexico and South Korea.

Self Defense Class

The AWPH sponsored a women's self-defense class on Tuesday February 3rd at 6pm in the GSPH 1st Floor Student Lounge.  This class was taught by Sensei Danny Roberts 5th Degree Black belt.  Sensei Roberts demonstrated how to escape several types of attacks using primarily technique instead of strength.  The participants learned a lot, and due to requests we may have this class again very soon.  Stay tuned!!!

Transcending Boundaries:  From Empowerment to Activism

Fahima Vorgetts of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)

Loretta J. Ross of the National Center for Human Rights Education (NCHRE)

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